Relationality

To thine own self, be true. A profound statement made by the English poet, William Shakespeare. This saying should be a motto because if it’s not a reality for you, how can you be true to anyone else? Join today’s episode to hear from Dr. Henry as she talks about the importance of knowing who the true you is and why it’s imperative to healthy relationships. She also shares six powerful questions t...

Love is not a feeling, an emotion, or lip service, so what is it? In today’s episode, Dr. Henry addresses the question — What’s love got to do with it? Before we can fully understand the answer to this question, we have to understand the definition of what love is and what it is not. Join Dr. Henry as she takes listeners through the foundations that are essential for successful relationships and l...

It is with good reason that God resists the prideful. Being prideful is a dangerous state to be in because it glorifies itself when all glory belongs to God. Pride makes you behave in a way that is conceited and filled with superiority. Pride is also destructive and disastrous in any relationship. Many of us have had to deal with prideful people in our lives, and if you want to be in a healthy rel...

In Luke 4:18 Jesus states that he came to mend broken hearts. Whenever we as human beings engage in a relationship, we are creating an emotional bond. And while these emotional bonds can bring us immense joy, it also leaves us vulnerable to pain, rejection, and abuse. In today’s episode, we explore the trauma of a broken heart, its impact on our lives, and how we can begin to heal. We reflect on t...

Sometimes, it is not what we say, but how we say it, that makes an impression. Welcome! This episode is more specifically geared towards the ladies, but fellas, you can learn it and share it with the women in your world! How we, as ladies, dress, is an expression of our spirit and soul’s DNA. As women of the kingdom, we want to dress to express godliness. Stay tuned for more real and relative trut...

Connection in the world is not like the connection in the Kingdom. Covenant not contract will be the topic of today’s episode! Welcome back to another episode of Relationality, where Dr. Gwen lays down foundational truths for healthy relationships. Being in a covenant is the willingness to put aside your DNA and bring together a corporate DNA. Tune in as Dr. Gwen talks us through the difference be...

As believers, prayer is one of our inheritances. The Bible says we can come boldly to the throne of God to obtain mercy and find grace in the time of our need. Prayer is the communication line between heaven and earth, and it requires both speaking and listening. There are many types of prayer, and there are principles that go with prayer. It’s important to know whether your partner can pray becau...

In the Kingdom, you have to die in order to live. Matthew 16:25, the focus verse of today’s episode, explains a Kingdom principle that must be applied in relationships in order for relationships to be healthy. Being selfless requires sacrifice, and people don’t like sacrifice because it doesn’t feel good to our fleshly nature. Everyone wants a loving, living, relationship, and it seems that no one...

Many times when people join themselves in a relationship, they look for what they can get instead of what they can give. But this is not a good way to go about building trusting relationships. You might be wondering what giving has to do with love and dating. Well, in this episode, we’re going to explain. Today we look at what the bible says about love and giving and try to understand why it’s so...

Society teaches us that safe sex is using a condom, but as a believer and a follower of Christ, we can't view sex in the same way society does. Today we look at God’s intention for sex. We also look at condemnation and how it kills courage and confidence which can negatively affect your faith. As a Christian, you don't have time for conDOMnation conDEMnation because you need to be able to relate c...

God created everything for a purpose and everything He created has a purpose. In light of this, it is important that we maintain our focus on our destinies when we date. Today, Dr. Gwen explains why we should date purposefully. Listen in to find out why it’s so important for us to understand God’s purpose for love and dating, how compatibility relates to purpose, and why your partner needs to comp...

A relationship, in essence, is a learning environment. Today, Dr. Gwen explains how when you are in a relationship with someone, you have to become a student of them. Tuning in, you’ll hear about how tension arises when people try to make each other who they want them to be, instead of allowing them to be themselves. You’ll also discover why learning about someone requires patience from both parti...

One of the biggest fallacies in romantic relationships is that you just need to “find the right person” to marry. If there are more than six billion people in the world, what are the chances that there is only one Mr. or Mrs. Right for each of us? In today’s episode, Dr. Gwen highlights that there are no scriptural grounds to support the idea that there is only one person for each of us, and we ta...

In the past, I felt like breaking up was a bad thing, but then I came to realize that a breakup is actually an opportunity for a breakthrough. Breakthroughs can occur in many different ways, from financial to emotional, and they serve to bring you closer to God. A righteous relationship is Christ-centered and rightly aligned to God’s principles. If you are in a non-righteous relationship, I hope t...

In today’s Relationship Revelation, we talk about desperate dating. We discuss how the faulty belief system that tells us there are no good men or women left leads to settling. We reflect on how we are blessed sons and daughters of God and He doesn’t want us to settle for bad relationships. We take a look at Romans 12:2 and are reminded that we need to transform our minds because transformed think...

In this episode, we’re going to be talking about sex and how sex is a spiritual system that God created especially for marriage. We take a look at what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6 as a basis for our understanding of God’s intentions for sex. While some people think that God is against sex, the truth is that He is not. He created it. To gain a better understanding of God’s intention for sex in ma...

If you are unfaithful to God, you will surely be unfaithful to your partner. Join us for today’s episode of Relationality as Dr. Gwen speaks about behavior, boundaries, and why Christians have to step outside of the norms of the way the rest of the world experiences relationships. Find out why it is important to obey God’s command of saving yourself for marriage and how the self-control you displa...

Welcome back to another episode of the Relationality podcast, a show focused on relationships, love, and dating to help Christian singles find their perfect match. Most of the conversation around forming healthy relationships centers around communicating effectively, but what about listening? Being able to understand your partner is essential to building a happy and healthy relationship, and many...

We are so quick to blame others for the things that are going wrong in our lives. But did you ever stop to wonder whether the issue might, in fact, be you? We attract what we are and, in this episode, we talk about some of the ways that brokenness attracts brokenness and explain how to attract healthy relationships through self-deliverance. If someone has done you wrong, they are not excused, but...

Welcome to the Relationality Podcast! Today, we’re talking about a really important piece of laying the groundwork for a successful marriage: mental management. Mental health is a trending topic today, and it’s being talked about as if it’s a new realization, but it’s not new. The mind is talked about quite a bit throughout the Bible which means it’s been around for a long time. God, our creator,...

Welcome back to the Relationality podcast, and in today’s episode we will be talking about lust. The title for today is Lust Don’t Last. We focus on Galatians 5 verse 24 the bible says, “And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” So when it comes to dating, you have to be aware of lust that is disguised as love. How would you know? Join us today as Dr. Gwen...

In John Chapter 5, Jesus asks a beggar if he would like to be healed. Instead of simply answering "Yes", the beggar listed all the excuses as to why he had not healed… Jesus simply brushed past all the excuses to make the man take up his own bed and achieve health, and in today's episode, we hear from Dr. Gwen how this lesson applies to your dating life! God doesn’t override wills. And if God can’...

It’s very hard not to find ourselves attracted to good looks, but if good looks are all you bring to the table, good luck! Today on Relationality we discuss why you cannot enter a relationship based on physical attributes alone. Tuning in you’ll hear about the difference between having confidence and arrogance, how some people expect you to put up with things because of their good looks, and the i...

The focus of today’s episode of the Relationality Podcast is blasting your past, something that often results in unnecessary pain. Many people bring their past into their present and then they wonder why their relationships are ruined. You simply cannot hold someone in your present to something that happened in your past, you cannot hold someone captive for something that someone in your past did...

Have you ever tried to date someone and it was just hard? The truth is it’s hard to love and be in a relationship with someone who has a hard heart. It’s equally challenging to love someone when you yourself have a hard heart. Today we examine exactly what the scriptures say about having a hard heart and contemplate why having a tender heart is so necessary in order to have a healthy relationship...